Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) believes that many animals imported into the United States for the commercial pet trade represent a risk to human health.

HHS/CDC/Division of Global Migration and Quarantine regulates the importation of dogs, cats, and African rodents into the United States, as well as prohibits the introduction of civets, to prevent the entry of zoonotic diseases. The current regulations can be streamlined, strengthened and broadened.